Lan Xang Kingdom / 澜沧王国

The Lan Xang Kingdom / 澜沧王国 is mentioned in EP267 踏访湄公河：雨季、婚飞蚁与水利帝国 as part of the Lao historical and environmental imagination around the 湄公河. The episode links place names, natural resources, and early political identities to a landscape where rivers, forests, animals, temples, and village ritual remain close to everyday life.

The source does not give a detailed political history of Lan Xang. Its wiki role is therefore bounded: it supports the episode’s claim that 老挝 should be read through local riverine history and cultural memory rather than only through contemporary tourism or infrastructure.

Connections

• Laos / 老挝 and Mekong River / 湄公河 - historical and geographic context.
• Mekong River Geographic Writing / 湄公河地理写作 and Mainland Southeast Asia River-Valley State Formation / 中南半岛河谷国家形成 - source concepts that make the kingdom relevant.